Understanding the impact of deep-sea mining
Mining materials from the sea floor could help secure a low-carbon future, but researchers are racing to understand the environmental effects.
Mining materials from the sea floor could help secure a low-carbon future, but researchers are racing to understand the environmental effects.
A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes.
Collaborative process makes space for community, plants, and pollinators alike.
Technological innovations, policies, and behavioral changes will all be needed to reach Paris climate agreement targets.
Techniques for observing concrete as it sets could facilitate the development of new cements.
Recommendations could help companies deliver more useful disclosures to investors on risks they face due to climate change.
Grad student Brandon Leshchinskiy created EarthDNA Ambassadors, an outreach program “for the Earth, for future generations.”
New position to oversee facilities, construction, planning, sustainability, and EHS.
“Uncertainty is a reason to act, not to wait,” panelists agree.
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab presents a new report on climate, agriculture, water, and food security — with plans for more research.
Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away.
The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open air.
Finalists presented an alternative to nondegradable plastics, and an additive to help plastics decompose.
Renewlogy’s system is converting plastic waste from cities and rivers into fuel.
The MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub will continue to study the environmental impacts of concrete and the hazard resilience of the built environment.